France Faces Crisis as De Gaulle Seeks Stable Leadership
Paris January 8 AP reports France remains in an oxygen-tent phase of crisis after World War II. General De Gaulle, seen as a potential leader, will have to navigate a June election and a referendum on a new constitution. His mandate as head of government runs to June, shaping the nation’s political future and possible nationalization plans. Chou En-Lai also comments on the trio’s work and its timeline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
France
Chay
de Gaulle
Polisies
Republic Services
Marshall
Cease Firing Hopes Rise in China Truce Talks
China truce committee nears final agreement on cessation of hostilities after a 3 hour 40 minute session with General Marshall presiding. Communique says most issues settled with details to be discussed. talks focus on restoring communications in North China before a political conference opens tomorrow.
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Chungring
China
Truce Committee
Marshall
Truman
Lnto
Political Consultative Council
The
Democratic League
Manchuria
Discharged yesterday at Indiana area separation center
A long list of servicemen discharged from Indiantown Gap Separation Center yesterday includes ranks from S/Sgt to Pvt with home towns such as Patton Indiana Barnesboro Nanty Glo Blairsville Marion Center and Homer City. The release covers individuals from Pic George Welchko to Capt Charles M Brown and Navy personnel including 3/C Samuel Lazeration and 3/C George Pearce.
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Indiantown Gap
Indiana Area
George Welchko
Patton
Leroy F
Wheeler
Kent
Wiliam L. Silvis
Elderton
Pic
Thursis L. Murphy
Brush
Malley
Wayne H. Brown
Indiana RD
Leonard C. Yahner
Green Ave
Gerald T. Hinchman
Saltsburg
R. D
Joseph A. Bonnano
Philadelphia Ave
Barnesboro
Charles L. Pierce
Bennie Vitkoski
Sagamore
Mike Paul
Cardiff Road
Nanty Glo
Joseph Crawice
Penn Run
Paul R. Ray
Shelocta
R.d.a
Joseph T. McCloskey
Beech Ave
Melvin E. King
Burnside
Harry W. Wadding
Indiana
Henry L. Jones
S. 10Th &J
Howard C. Lewis
Church St
Alfred A. Dandrea
Palmer Ave
Pie
John Pappas
Clymer R.D
Carl A. Truance
Rossiter
Doyle P. Little
Marion Center
John R. Rumbaugh
Juniper St
Homer City
Joe Milina
Joseph W. Curnow
W. Campbell St
Blairsville
Marion C. Klinar
Holsopple
Robert W. Brown
Cambria
George M. Borish
Black Lick
Earl R. Handler
Water $T
John R. McGinnis
Tae Bne Gabella
Joseph S. Lash
Stafford
Raymond T. Fox
Maple Ave
Virgil R. Moorhead
Crymer
Meade Buchanan
Chestnut St
Charles M. Brown
Balnbridge
Navy
John Choma
Graceton
Maypyon
David L. Plusquellas
Are
Samuel Lazeration
Glen Campbell R. D
George Pearce
Mario R. Guien
Edward ¥. Ditlen
Russ Ave
Petton
Winner In Baby Derby Announced in Johnstown Area
Edward Allen Farrell, born Jan 1 1946 at 2 18 a m, claimed first baby of the year in a Johnstown area derby. Twelve entries were received in the annual layette contest sponsored by Glosser Bros. Ed ward Farrell’s rival was Thomas J Prindle, born 4 18 a m at Mercy Hospital Nanty Glo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
de ‘Gaulle
Edward Alen Farrell
James Farrell
Cherry Tree R. D. 1
Glosser Bros
Johnstown
Lucky Edward Farrell
Miners Hospital
Spangler
Thomas J|prindle
Lex Prindle
Nanty Glo
Mercy Hospital
Beardless Men Face Whiskerando Court Dates
In Anchorage on Feb 27 to March 2 the mayor announced an Open season on beardless men. Offenders will be charged with indecent exposure and tried before a Whiskerando court during the city furrendezvous.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anchorage
Alaska
Nate
Soldiers protest demobilization slowdown in open letter
The meeting approved a resolution remanding a Congressional probe into the demobilization slowdown. General Styer’s six month plan to cut homeward recipients drew boos as Guam reports show 18000 at protestless events. Army and Navy papers note confusion and bitterness among veterans and troops in the Pacific. An open Guam letter to the American people from 180 officers and enlisted soldiers decries the slowdown and calls for bringing troops home. A Chinese editor praises these protests as democracy in action.
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Associated Press
San Francisco
Guam
Manila
Ken Lin
Chinese Commercial Bulletin
Dairymen Conference Opens in Pittsburgh Tomorrow
National Dairy Council opens a three day conference in Pittsburgh with Walter D. Fuller of Curtis Publishing speaking at the opening session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
National Dairy Council
Walter D. Fuller
Curtis Publishing Co
County Poultry Meeting Thursday in Indiana County
Indiana County poultrymen meet at 10:00 a m Thursday January 10 in the basement of the Community Center Building. Speakers include Harry H Kauffman Penn State extension specialist Bob McDougall Butler county agent and Day K Nichol local turkey grower. County Agent J W Warner will show colored sound motion pictures and slides focusing on marketing eggs and poultry.
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Indiana County
Harry H. Kauffman
Penn State
Bob McDougall
Butler County
Day K. Nichol
J. W. Warner
Bath
Butler
Borough Council updates and budget changes 1945 46
The January session adjourned after committee appointments as council debated wage increases for police and opened Poplar Alley. Sledding plans drew guards, while 1945 budget shifts favored General and Municipal funds. Treasurer notes show non tax income from meters and licenses, with paving funds and space needs for unemployment offices raised by Carl Lewis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clark Marshall
Raymond Shick
Burnel Shea
N. Dewitt] Ray
Emory Boyle
H. B. Buterbaugh
Marshall
Poplar Alley
Third Street
Fifth Street
Burgess Maloney
Wallace Cunningham
Council
Police Committee
JA. Graff
R. C. Straititt
H. A. Nichol
Burgess ‘Maloney
Carl Lewis
Pennsylvania
Indiana
Lawrence Assumes Duties As Pittsburgh Mayor Today
Lawrence takes office as mayor of Pittsburgh pledging to lift the city from good to outstanding. Inaugural address he warned city employees to commit full effort daily while outlining plans for garbage pickup and improved streets, sewers, and housing. Notable attendees included Justice Charles Alvin Jones and Senator Francis J. Myers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Davide Lawrence
Pitsburgh
Lawrence
Supreme Court
Charles Alvin Jones
U. S
Francis J. Myers
Mickle
Regina Flowers
Westmoreland County
Clarence C. Williams
Washington County
Susan B. McComb
Mercer County
Joseph D. Landers
Forest County
Strikes Hit CIO Wage Dispute With January Walkouts
United Breadth of strikes looms as CIO unions demand roughly 30 percent wage hikes at General Electric General Motors and Westinghouse. Electrical workers plan a Jan 5 walkout amid stalled steel and meat price talks. President Truman seeks government price relief while OPA weighs tonnage hikes and final reports due Feb 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
CIO
Cio-United Electrical
General Eectric
General Motors
Westinghouse
Cio-Auto
Navy
Truman
OPA
Chester Bowles
Bowles
U.S. Steel Corporation
Industrry
Washington
United Electrical
General Electric
Nation Wide Telegraphic Strike Hits Western Union
A 100 percent effective strike with 7,000 workers out paralyzed Western Union offices as 1,200 pickets surrounded headquarters. Power tubes were shut off and several branches, including in New Jersey, closed. Only vital life or death messages would pass through. Union locals across eight firms refused to handle messages in solidarity. Mayor ONeill failed to avert the stoppage. CIO members protest a 12 cent hourly wage increase.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sur
William O’dwyer
CIO
Traitor Goering Cries As Nazi Bares Atrocities
A wartime trial reveals Nazi leaders admitting brutal methods in partisan suppression. Bach-Zelewski testifies of a 30 million Slavs target, a special murder brigade, and orders limiting disciplinary actions against German troops. Goering curses as he is questioned and confesses to conscience. Rosenberg and Goering exchange hurried notes during testimony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Counter- Union
Bach - Zelewski
Himmler
Goering
S. S
Bach-Zelewski
Hitler
Warsaw
Counse
Alfred Rosenberg
Head Found in Sewer in Brutal Kidnapping Case
detectives say six suspects had alibis while mayor and top police officials kept all-night operations at the Degnan home. A $20,000 ransom note preceded the dismemberment of Suzanne Degnan, with parts recovered from sewer basins near her Kenmore Avenue residence in Edgewater Beach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward J. Kelly
State’s Attorney’s
Sheriff's
Degnan
Suzanne
UW. S
Baltimore
Kenmore Avenue
Edgewater Beach
Byrnes Seeks Tight Atomic Safeguards in London
Secretary of State Byrnes, en route to London with President Truman aboard The Sacred Cow, said he would urge the UNO atomic energy commission to have no power to demand U S scientific information. He also stated the United States could veto such disclosures and that final participation decisions rest with Congress. Senator Vandenberg suggested rewriting the proposal to better guard U S knowledge of bomb production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Byrnes
UNO
London
Truman
U.S
United Nations Assembly
United Nations Atomic Energy Commission
United States
UNO Security Council
U. S
Congress
Vandenberg
R-Mich
Atomic Commission
America
UNR Chief Morgan Refuses To Resign
London report states Lieut. Gen. Sir Frederick E. Morgan refused to resign as UNRRA chief of operations in Germany. UNRRA had asked him to resign after he suggested a secretly plotted exodus of Jews from Europe. Morgan will await fuller information before leaving for London, and no action is expected for at least a week.
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London
Frederick E. Morgan
UNRRA
Germany
Morgan
Europe
Gen. Morgan
Brutal Kidnapping of Suzanne Degnan Shocks Chicago
Police hunted a kidnap killer after the severed head of Suzanne Degnan was found in a catchbasin near her home. Parts of the body appeared in sewers as detectives questioned suspects, while Mayor Kelly and police leaders denounced the crime as shocking and brutal. Degnan’s father appealed on radio for the child’s return and offered to pay $20,000, with authorities noting a ladder and fingerprints as key clues.
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Sever ‘Department
Suzanne
James E
Helen Degnan
Degnan
Edward J. Kelly
John L. Sulivan
Chicago
Sacred Heart Academy
Washington
Elizabeth
Worcester
Mass
Holy Cross College
OPA
Millville
N. J
Obituaries From Punxsutawney Area
Obituary notices summarize several local deaths and funeral details. Anna Murphy of Punxsutawney dies at 85 after pneumonia, survived by children and siblings. services at SS C. & D. Church. Phillip Postlewaite dies in Blairsville after myocarditis, with daughter and sister survivors. burial at Valier cemetery. John Monoskey of Rossiter dies at 65 after five days illness. funeral in Greek Catholic church. Katherine Wilda Brown of Saltsburg dies at 79, survived by husband, three daughters, grandchildren. services in Saltsburg. John Lawrence Peterson, 63, coal company foreman, dies of heart attack. survivors include wife and five children. services in Robinson Funeral Home. Vincent Lamantia dies in Indiana Hospital. services at St. Bernard’s Church. son Seaman Le Paul Lamantia, USN, returning from overseas. Edward George Vogel dies in Indiana Hospital. burial planned at Meteor Crater area. Mary McGown Marling dies in Harmony. survived by children.
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Anna Murphy
Punxsutawney
P. L. Maloney
Shields Avenue
James Murphy
England
Patrick and
Mary (Reler) Droney
Sts. Cosmos and Damian
Thomas Murphy
Indiana
Patrick
Detroit
Mich
Raymond Maroney
Rudolph Kubns
John Droney
Robert Pyne
Youngstown, D
Michael Droney
Brookville
Harry Onks
Pittsburgh
Francis Turner
Phillip N. Postlewaite
Hannah Maude
Lindsey Postlewaite
Waller
Blairsville Hospital
Levi Sutter
Sharon
Haney Kelley
Dayton
Armstrong County
John Henry Postlewaite
Methodist Church of
Walier
John Postlewaite
Valer
Valier Cemetery
John Monoskey
Rossiter
Austria
John
Maria
Weselemanisova Monoskey
Monoskey
St. Peter's and Paul's
Steven
Michael Gode
George
Joseph
Peter
Andrew
Nicholas
Mary Grusky
Nicholas Monaskey
Anna Super
Clymer
Adrian
Katherine Wilda Brown
Saltsburg
R. D
David
Hannah
Long) Bair
Armstrong
Saltsburg Baptist Church
George,w. Grove
George W. Brown
Nellie Ripple
Salina
Blanche White
Slickvile
Hazel Hill
George Bair
William Bair
Clark Bair
Robinson
John Dornhoefer
John Lawrence Peterson
Ernest
Rochester & Pittsburg Coal Co
Indiana R. D
Mr. Peterson
Norway
Peter Peterson
Hannah P. Peterson
Mary Peterson
Clemens
Edwin
Gordon
Perry
Army
Navy
Jack Peterson
Windber
Robinson Funeral
John Hess
Greenwood Cemetery
Vincent Lamantia
Indiana Hospital
School Street
St. Bernards
Seaman le Paul LaMantia
Washington, D. C
Altoona
South Pacific
Edward George Vogel
Meteor Crater
Flagstaff Church
Winslow
Ariz
Thelas “Coon Butte
Last member of her immediate family dies in Anila funeral
Mrs Clifford L Waldron Mel Rose Mass Mrs 8 H Gray Rome N Hugh R Buffalo N Albert Punxsutawney Mrs Harold Hinderliter Pittsburgh Miss Ethel and Hazel at home and three grand children. Services were held from her late home yesterday and interment in the K of P cemetery Anila Rev Humke officiated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clifford L
Waldron
Melrose
Mass
Gray
Rome
Hugh R
Buffalo
Albert
Punxsutawney
Harold Hinderliter
Pittsburgh
Ethel
Hazel
Anila
Humke
Hope Check Raw Cotton Speculation
Washington January 8 Despite OPA flat announcement that price caitlings will be clamped on raw cotton to check mounting clothing costs officials said they hope to avoid such action It remains a big maybe in the plan as the government tried to assure sufficient appeal for veterans Retail dealers are urged to set aside up to 100 percent of scarce garments for servicemen OPA chief Bowles said plans depend on whether the move check speculative bids by traders They also count on releasing 1 500 000 bales of government cotton to ease prices and textiles ceilings Rep Camp called the proposal ridiculous noting there isn t 30 cents worth of cotton in a $3 shirt The civilian production administration urged merchants to reserve substantial portions of scarce stocks for veterans including men s suits overcoats shirts and underwear The policy aims to meet veterans needs without harming civilian supplies.
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Washington
OPA
Dnce
Governmnt
Chester Bowles
Rep. Camp
D-Ga
Camp
Newnan
Bowles
Civilian Production Administration
Three Pennsylvania Applicants Seek 1499 KC Broadcast Licenses
The Federal Communications Commission will hear Meadville Tribune Broadcasting Co and H C Winslow of Meadville, plus Times Publishing Co of Erie, as they seek 250 watt standard stations on 1499 kilocycles with unlimited broadcast time. Hearing tentatively set for January 2a, final date to be confirmed days before.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Pennsylvania
Meadville
Erie
Federal Communications Commission
Meadville Tribune Broadcasting Co
H. C. Winslow
The
Times Publishing Co
FCC
Russian atomic bomb claims disputed by Weisskopf
The Londonderry report on a new Soviet atom bomb drew skepticism from Dr. Victor Weisskopf, a Los Alamos physicist. He told the Herald Tribune in Cambridge the report sounded like foolishness and questioned Russian progress and timing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
The
Herald Tribune
Victor F. Weisskopf
Los Alamos
N. M
Cambridge
Londonderry
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MacKenzie
Chou En-Lau
Besa the Gazette Classified
Pagety
County Poultry Meeting
Buterbaugh
Dobroslavice
Czechoslovakia
Atom
UNR
Mary McGown Marling
Harmony
Richard
Mary Jane (MacLauney) MacGown
Coatbridge
Scotland
Hugh Marling
Weather Report
Pennas
Armattee
Reis
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